A GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED AVALOKIT...

A GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURE OF ELEVEN-HEADED AVALOKITESHVARA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 鎏金千手观音铜像 清 十八世纪 finely cast and 'jewelled' in the form of an eleven-headed bodhisattva with crowned heads arranged in five tiers, the top with a small head of Amitabha Buddha above a wrathful head followed by nine peaceful heads, all above a slender and elegant body with eight outstretched arms, the two main hands in prayer position, the lower right hands in varada mudra, the other upper right hands in sharanagamana mudra, the figure adorned with beaded necklaces of semi-precious stones, standing on a lotus pedestal 36cm high PROVENANCE: From a Private London Collection.

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